Cheers Steve, I have been considering the Givi bars for a while now, so might take the plunge

You had me confused there (it's easy I know) when you said your tyres were Racetec 01, I think they are Roadtec 01 ... I had these tyres on my last Versys 1000 and they were outstanding, but I was comparing them against the earlier Bridgestones , my current bike has the later spec Sport Tourer T31R Bridgestones which are an improvement over the earlier spec tyres.

When I'm due to change I think I will go for Metzeler Roadtec01 again as they are an excellent tyre that I prefer